VOCAB THAT CAN MAKE YOUR SPEAKING AND WRITING IMPRESSIVE

Panacea – the goddess of healing

Sentence- However, social anthropology can offer no general panacea for our present ills and discontents.

aberration – a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Sentence- This state of affairs is not, I think, an aberration, but is inevitable in the structures of higher education.

abhor – find repugnant

Sentence-We abhor the creeping delegitimisation and demonisation of Israel. But we also believe that the Palestinians deserve a state of their own. These two beliefs are entirely compatible.

Acquiesce – agree or express agreement

Sentence- Simply to acquiesce in skepticism can never suffice to overcome the restlessness of reason.

Alacrity – liveliness and eagerness

Sentence- The alacrity with which northerners enlisted for military service whenever warfare flared up on the Border speaks for itself.

Amiable – diffusing warmth and friendliness

Sentence- Banks is an immensely amiable, bearded ex-beatnik who feels that he is at last putting his past behind him.

appease – make peace with

Sentence- In case a dish fails to appease a customer, Steve Carrasco can always make a flying getaway.

arcane – requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.

Sentence- The arcane field of intelligence gathering may prove him wrong, says Charles Grant.

Avarice – reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth

Sentence- Ambition often spends foolishly what avarice had wickedly collected.

Brazen – unrestrained by convention or propriety

Sentence-If you are caught simply argue that “everyone does it” and brazen it out.

Brusque- rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner.

Sentence-He was pale, of brusque manners, somewhat given to affectation, but of immaculate dress and generous to his enemies.

Cajole – influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Sentence- Dealing managers and team leaders shout at, cajole and entice their dealers into selling large quantities of stock.

Callous – emotionally hardened

Sentence- It may have seemed callous to the nurses, but I desperately needed that time to myself.

candor- the quality of being honest and straightforward

Sentence- That extreme, impolitic candor was one of the characteristics that made Rice a perfect rebel and a considerably less perfect leader.

chide –scold or reprimand severely or angrily

Sentence-He was right, in the arch sense that he meant it, as a means of chiding overanxious environmentalists.

circumspect – careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk

Sentence- Target shareholders can sometimes be circumspect about accepting ordinary shares in the offeror, particularly if the takeover has been fiercely contested.

clandestine – conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

Sentence- He’d expected a clandestine rendezvous – curtained windows, locked doors – not a gypsy encampment.

coerce – cause to do through pressure or necessity

Sentence- Smart governments know that by allowing trade, nations gently coerce their citizens to shift precious resources from low-productivity to high-productivity industries.

Coherent – marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts

Sentence- A coherent strategy for getting more people back to work needs to be developed.

Complacency – the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself

Sentence- Despite signs of an improvement in the economy, there is no room for complacency.

Confidant – someone to whom private matters are told

Sentence- A confidant and social support buffers a woman against the losses of retirement, widowhood, moves, and deaths.

Connive – form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

Sentence- He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.

Cumulative – increasing by successive addition

Sentence- Moreover, the cumulative impact of temporary disablements is considerably smaller than that of permanent impairments.